Seven Japanese Carved Wood Animal-Form Netsuke
Seven Japanese Carved Wood Animal-Form Netsuke
Late 19th-20th Century
comprising three boxwood examples, one in the shape of a recumbent horse, one wolf with a two-character maker's mark to the underside, one seated ram; two wood examples depicting dogs; one black lacquered example showing a female dog and a puppy with a two-character mark to the base; a red lacquered example in the form of a shishi lion.
Average length 2 1/4 in., 5.2 cm.
Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Fry, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, thence by descent Asian Art The shishi lion missing an ear. Each in otherwise good condition.
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Seven Japanese Carved Wood Animal-Form Netsuke
Late 19th-20th Century
comprising three boxwood examples, one in the shape of a recumbent horse, one wolf with a two-character maker's mark to the underside, one seated ram; two wood examples depicting dogs; one black lacquered example showing a female dog and a puppy with a two-character mark to the base; a red lacquered example in the form of a shishi lion.
Average length 2 1/4 in., 5.2 cm.
Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Fry, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, thence by descent Asian Art The shishi lion missing an ear. Each in otherwise good condition.
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